Natalie is skiing along a circular ski trail that has a radius of 2.6 km. She starts at the 3-o'clock position and travels in th
e CCW direction. Natalie stops skiing when she is 0.942 km to the right and 2.423 km above the center of the ski trail. Imagine an angle with its vertex at the center of the circular ski trail that subtends Natalie's path.
a. How many radians has the angle swept out since Natalie started skiing? ______radians
b. How many km has Natalie skied since she started skiing? _________km
a. How many radians has the angle swept out since Natalie started skiing? ______radians
b. How many km has Natalie skied since she started skiing? _________km
1 answer:
Answer:
- 1.20 radians
- 3.12 km
Step-by-step explanation:
a. The tangent of the central angle is the ratio ...
tan(θ) = (2.423 km)/(0.942 km) . . . . . definition of tangent
θ = arctan(2.423/.942) ≈ 1.200 radians
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b. The length of the arc is ...
s = rθ = (2.6 km)(1.2 radians) = 3.12 km
_____
The attached output from a graphics program shows the angle as 68.76°. Multiplying by π/180°, we can convert that to radians:
θ = 68.76π/180 = 216.0/180 = 1.200 radians
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